Cabinet



May l5, 192233.A A 3,4552@ P. MoRlNA CABINET Filed Aug. 8, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l am w `Patented May 15, 1923.

PHILIPIJIORINA, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CABINET.

Application inert august s, 1921. serial no. 490,543.

To @ZZ 'whom it may concem Be it known that l, PHILIP Morini-x, citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements n Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

yThe invention relates to improvements in cabinet structure and more particularly to cabinets designed to hold paper in sheets and embodies means for readily exposing the paper from the cabinet for convenient removal therefrom.

The main object of the invention is to provide a paper cabinet having one or more compartments in which a removable drawer is enclosed for holding the` paper,T said d awer being capable of movement inwardly or outwardly of the compartment for exposing the paper exteriorly of or returning it into the compartment.

additional object is to provide a cabinet of generally improved design and construction, having novel drawer means and a cover providing a paper rest when opened.

Various other objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent yduring the continuance of the following description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of apaper case or cabinet embodying the invention in its s'mplest form.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross section of the case, disclosing the movable drawer.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof, partly in section, to disclose the drawer top.

Figure 4c is a front elevation of a cabinet embodying the invention in more elaborate form and,

vFigure 5 is a` vertical transverse sectional view of the cabinet taken on line 5 5 of Figure 4.

In its simplest form the invention embodies a rectangular boX or case =1 having its side walls grooved longitudinally, yas indicated at 2, and notched at the outer terminals of the grooves as shown at 3 to facilitate grasping pull rods 4t which are sildable in the grooves. The retaining plate 5 straddles each groove adjacent the notch terminal and prevents dislodgment of the pull rod; the plates being suitably fastened to the side wall of the case as shown. Slidably contained within the case is a small drawer 6 having an inclined bottom 7. This drawer iits snugly within the case for sliding movement therein and normally reposes at the inner end of the case as shown to advantage in Figure 2 of the drawings. rlhe inner terminals of pull rods l are connected to the drawer' at the side, as shown at 8 and permit the drawer to be slid inwardly or outwardly of the case.

The outward movement of the drawer is limited by stops 9 located in proximity to the open end of the case and adapted to contact with the drawer at the side edges 10 thereof.

By having the bottom of the drawer inclined, it will be observed that the paper is supported in sheets successively proj ected. one above the other, as shown in Figure 1. rEhe paper sheets can then be separately and conveniently removed from the case as required.

ln the elaborate form illustrated in Figures 4L and 5, the invention consists of a cabinet 11 having a drawer compartment for receiving drawer members 12. At the top the cabinet is provided with a dividing partition 13 separating the upper compartment into drawer spaces convenient for `holding matter of less size than that insertable in the lower compartments which eX- tend across the entire width of the cabinet as illustrated.

y Pull rods 14 which operate the upper drawer members 12 slide in grooves extending along the bottom of the compartment as shown at 15 in Figure 5. Pull rods for the larger drawer members 12 operate in grooves in the. side walls of the cabinet and connect up with the drawer members in any suitable manner.

The leg supports 16 of the cabinet embody receptacles 17 for containing pans, pencils or other articles of like character and these receptacles are laterally spaced to provide for the entrance of cover flange 18 therebetween when the said cover 19 is closed. The cover 19 is hinged to the top of the cabinet as shown at 20 and is mounted to swing downwardly over the front of the cabinet for closing the drawer compartment. The cover is provided with upstanding sidev flanges 21. which engage over the sides of the cabinet when the cover is closed and when the cover is opened it may be thrown back over the top of the cabinet in which llt) position it provides a. convenient rest for paper removed from the cabinet or waiting to be inserted therein. The ianges of the cover serve to give it the effect ofa tray and prevents the papers supported thereby from becoming dislodged or disarranged.

The cabinet may he made ot' either wood, metal, or other suitable material and of any pleas 'ng design. Y

From the foregoing it is believed that the advantages and novel features of myinvention will he readily understood and therel 'iorewfurther detailed description is deemed end of the pull rod being' adapted tolocate l a't the notched terminals ot the grooves when the drawer is at its innermost position withinthe compartment. v

cabinet including a plurality of drawer compartment each ot' which has its inner side lwallsigrooved longitudinally and notched at the outer terminals of the grooves, a drawer slidable within veach compartment, pull rods slidable within the grooves" of the compartments and connected to the drawers at their inner end `for moving the latter inwardly or outwardly of the compartmentsthe outer end of the saidfpull rods being adapted to locate within the notched terminals of the grooves when the drawers are at their innermost position within the compartment@retaining plates straddling each n grooves adjacent 'the notched terminals and being fastened to the said walls o1" `the compartment to prevent dislodgment of the pull rod, and a cover hingedto said cabinet and adapted to swing over the front of the cabinet for covering,` the said compartments. n

In testimony whereofIfaiiiX my'signature.

PHILIP MORINA. 

